Chapter 58

"Since the spirit fruits have already been lost to the two Daoist friends, this news is naturally useless to us. Do the two Daoist friends know that the Sea Clan market has reopened? Among the items the Sea Clan has designated for exchange, the Heavenly Jade Fruit is one of them," Dasang said calmly.

"What, the Sea Clan market has appeared! The two Daoist friends aren't joking, right? In which country? Why haven't we heard any news at all!" Zhuchai was greatly surprised upon hearing this.

"Hmph, it's in the Haiyue Kingdom. If it weren't for our disciples who happened to be on business there, we wouldn't have known about this news either," Dazhi replied with a snort.

"Haiyue Kingdom, that makes sense. Haha, thank you, the two Daoist friends, for telling me the truth!" Zhuchai laughed heartily.

After listening to this conversation, the face of the Daoist nun surnamed Zhong was also filled with surprise and joy.

"Brother Zhu, don't be too happy too soon. Although the Sea Clan market is filled with countless heavenly materials and treasures, you need enough luck to obtain what you want. Otherwise, you might end up benefiting the Sea Clan and return empty-handed," Dazhi said with a bad temper.

"That's not something for you, Daoist friend Dazhi, to worry about. Since we have this good opportunity, we will naturally make a good plan before going," Zhuchai replied, his smile fading.

All the disciples, including Liu Ming, were hearing the name of the Sea Clan market for the first time and were all confused.

"Alright, Congtian, use this thing to knock all the spirit fruits down and put them all in the basket. Remember, the Heavenly Jade Fruit is a fire attribute spirit fruit. Don't touch it directly with your body, or it will all turn into fire spiritual energy and dissipate into thin air," the Daoist nun surnamed Zhong, after putting away her smile, suddenly took out two talismans from her sleeve and threw them in front of her. They instantly turned into a red bamboo basket and a small hammer of the same color in a white mist.

"Yes, I understand, disciple," Liu Ming immediately bowed his head in response, picked up the two items, but the movement triggered the burns all over his body, making him wince.

"Wait, I have a bottle of spiritual medicine. Apply it to your wounds before going," the Daoist nun surnamed Zhong, seeing this, took out a small bottle from her body and handed it over.

"Thank you, Auntie," Liu Ming naturally replied with joy, immediately took the bottle, poured out some clear and transparent spiritual liquid, and applied it to the burns. A cool sensation instantly spread throughout his body, and the pain was greatly reduced.

His spirits lifted, he put away the medicine bottle and carried the bamboo basket and the small hammer towards the spirit tree.

When Liu Ming reached the blue light curtain surrounding the fruit tree, he hesitated for a moment. Seeing that Zhuchai and the Daoist nun surnamed Zhong showed no reaction, he continued to walk forward.

A flash of blue light appeared before his eyes!

He felt a coolness on his skin and walked into the light curtain. A wave of heat, even more intense than outside, rolled towards him.

Liu Ming frowned, slightly stimulated his internal magic power, and black threads of qi emerged from his body, reducing the heat significantly.

He then walked a few steps to the spirit tree, raised his hand, and struck a green spirit fruit with the small hammer.

With a "pu" sound.

The Heavenly Jade Fruit, which seemed to have been ripe for a long time, rolled off the branch and fell into the red bamboo basket waiting below.

Seeing this, Liu Ming did not hesitate to swing the small hammer in his hand.

One by one, the spirit fruits rolled down, and in a moment, the bamboo basket was filled to more than half.

Seeing this, Zhuchai and the Daoist nun surnamed Zhong exchanged a smile.

Dazhi and Dasang could only smile bitterly.

"Let's go. Since the spirit fruits are not for us, staying here any longer is useless," the white-haired old man said.

The old man with the wooden crown naturally had no objections.

So the two of them called out and were about to lead their disciples out of the underground cave.

At this moment, Liu Ming had just knocked down the last Heavenly Jade Fruit, smiled slightly, and was about to carry the bamboo basket back to Zhuchai and the others.

But after taking a few steps back, the ground behind him suddenly shook, and he turned around in surprise.

He saw that the surface where the spirit tree stood suddenly revealed a dozen large red runes. Then, with a loud boom, a pillar of fire as thick as a water vat erupted from the soil, instantly engulfing the spirit tree and turning it to ashes.

The flames rolled out in all directions.

Liu Ming was shocked and, without thinking, moved to escape, but as he jumped up, he felt a blur on both sides. Zhuchai and the Daoist nun surnamed Zhong suddenly appeared.

Zhuchai made a hand seal with one hand and shook his sleeve towards the opposite side, causing the flames in front of him to roll back.

The Daoist nun surnamed Zhong, however, blocked in front of Liu Ming, said "be careful," and stared at the flames without speaking.

At this moment, the sound of breaking air came again. The two white-haired old men, who had already reached the exit, also flew over, looking at the red flames with surprise.

In a short while, the flames that had erupted from the soil disappeared, leaving behind a red magic array about ten feet wide, with a dozen red runes flickering and emitting heat.

"A small teleportation array," Zhuchai said, his expression changing as he saw the magic array.

"That's right, it is indeed this magic array. Hehe, this is truly a case of 'after a dark path, there is a bright village.' The True Immortal Fojiao indeed set up a hidden place here, but we didn't expect that the entrance would only appear after the spirit tree was destroyed," Dazhi also stared at the red magic array and said with a chuckle.

Although the Daoist nun surnamed Zhong and the old man with the wooden crown did not speak, their surprised expressions were obvious to anyone.

"It seems the two Daoist friends plan to explore it now! But if we don't prepare, isn't it too rash to go in now?" Zhuchai turned his head and asked the white-haired old man hesitantly.

"What preparation? Since the spirit tree is destroyed, the underground fire will soon erupt, and the entire island will be destroyed. Where will we find the treasures of True Immortal Fojiao then? Let's do this: first, let our disciples leave the island, then our two sects will join forces to explore. As for who gets what treasures, it all depends on individual luck," the white-haired old man shook his head and said.

"Alright, I'll take the risk," Zhuchai's expression changed for a while, and he finally gritted his teeth and agreed.

Dasang and the Daoist nun surnamed Zhong hesitated for a moment but ultimately had no objections.

Thus, under the instructions of the four, all the disciples left the cave.

When Liu Ming left, he handed the bamboo basket and the spirit fruits to Zhuchai before leaving with the others.

After a meal's time, Liu Ming, Yu Cheng, and about ten disciples from Jiuzhao Mountain were flying over the center of the island, waiting for Zhuchai and the others. However, they were clearly divided into two rows, facing each other from a distance.

Time passed, and half an hour later, there was still no movement below.

The disciples were getting restless, and some even began to whisper.

At this moment, a loud boom suddenly came from below. The stone house exploded without any warning, and a red light shot out, instantly turning into countless red light threads that shot in all directions.

"Quick, these are sword qi, you can't resist them," a stern voice suddenly came from below. Then, several figures appeared, and Zhuchai and the others flew out, their clothes tattered and heads drenched in sweat, as if they had just been through a fierce battle.

But their warning was too late. After a few惨叫声，红丝一闪而过，还有数人被直接洞穿身躯，腰斩两截。

其中竟然包括九婴山弟子于诚。

萧枫和柳鸣算是反应较快的弟子，但勉强躲过一闪而过的红丝后，也不禁惊得满头大汗。

但尚未等他们再有何应时，就身侧各自人影一晃，朱赤和钟姓道姑就分别到了面前，各自一把将二人提起。

朱赤袖子一抖，一道符箓激射而出，在白气滚滚一散后，碧灵飞舟就一下出现在了眼前。

二人身形一闪，带着柳鸣萧枫二人进入到飞舟中。

“噗”的一声后，朱赤二话不说的一掐诀，碧绿飞舟就化为一团绿光的激射而走。

同一时间，九窍山那边，大智大尚两名灵师也飞快放出了一个阁楼般的飞行灵器，将残余弟子一卷而进后，则朝另一方向拼命而逃而去了。

两方所用都是飞行灵器，全力施展之下，速度之快可想而知了，几乎顷刻间就到了岛屿边缘处。

下方岛屿忽然发出轰隆隆的巨响声，一道道火柱冲天而起，顷刻间整座岛屿化为了一片火海。

与此同时，火海中心处传来了一声长长的鸣叫，声音刺耳异常，让人听了不由的头皮发麻。

“不好，师兄。它已经快完全苏醒了，再快一些，千万别被追上了。”钟姓道姑一听此鸣叫，脸色唰的一声白了几分，并慌忙说道。

“师妹，你助我一臂之力，我这就动用动用血禁之术。”朱赤听见鸣叫声，同样面现一丝惊惧，一咬牙后，如此的回道。

“好，我知道了。你们两个也快快坐好了。”钟姓道姑不加思索的答应一声，并飞快吩咐了萧枫和柳鸣一声。

萧枫明显还未从于诚毙命和眼前混乱一幕中回过神来，只能下意识的点下头。

柳鸣却听了心中一凛，急忙盘坐而下，并一下死死抓住了飞舟的侧壁。

钟姓道姑虽然看出萧枫有些不妥，但眼下却根本无暇顾及太多了，只是身形一晃，就一下站到了朱赤身后处，两只手掌全一下抵在了其后背上，同时体表开始散发出一层层的白光来。

而朱赤一声低喝，张口喷出一团精血，再两手飞快一掐诀。